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Essential Corporate News – Week ending 23 May 2025
The Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (Annotation) Regulations 2025 and an accompanying Explanatory Memorandum were published on 14 May 2025.
National employer vaccine mandate – closer to reality?
United States | Publication | October 19, 2021
In September, President Joe Biden announced a mandate that businesses with more than 100 employees either require COVID vaccines or administer weekly tests. On October 12, federal OSHA submitted the initial text of an emergency vaccine rule to the Office of Management and Budget for review.
The rule will take effect once the OMB finishes its review and it is published in the Federal Register. The rule will then be ripe for courts to consider the numerous expected challenges to its constitutionality.
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Federal Court quashes Commissioner of Patent’s decision and calls for a robust “due care” analysis for patentees
In a recent decision, Matco Tools Corporation v. Canada (Attorney General), the Federal Court has overturned a Commissioner of Patents (the Commissioner) decision regarding a patent applicant failing to meet the “due care” standard in the context of an unpaid maintenance fee.
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